It is important to know the probability level for a given set of experimental findings because p-values
a. alert experimenters to poor dependent variable measures.
b. inform experimenters whether their results might have happened by chance.
c. indicate that experimenters have used the correct manipulation of the independent variable.
d. greater than .10 indicate that there is no need to replicate the experiment.
Answer: B
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